Simon scheuer



(No Model.)

I s. SOHEUER.

BUCKLE. 110.419,363. Patented Jen. 14, 1890.

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SIMON SCHEUER, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,363, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed October I4, 1889. Serial No. 326,964. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, SIMON SCHEUER, of New York city, New York, haveinvented an Improvedv Buckle, of which the following is a speciiication.Y

This invention relates to a novel construction of buckle for belts andsimilar'articles. A peculiar feature of this buckle is that the strainis put upon it from the end toward which its tongue points, incontradistinction to the usual construction.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fullypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of my improvedbuckle, showing it closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing it open;Fig. 3, a bottom view of the.buckle. Fig. 4 is a side view of the bucklewhen closed; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section on line .fr fr, Fig. l; andFig. 6 a front view of the buckle when open.

The letter a represents the faceplate of a buckle, which is provided atone end with a dog or other device b for engaging one end of a strap A.This device forms no part of the present invention.

The face-plate a is provided with a slot a within its body, some of themetal of which is bent down to form a hook a2. Within this slot there ispivoted upon a pin d a tongue or dog e. The bearings for this pin arealso formed from the metal punched out from the slot. c. The dog e isbent at about right angles, and its back e projects partly above andpartly below the face-plate a. edge of the backv is coiled up to formeyes d', that embrace pin d. Between such eyes the back bears upon aspring f, which is held in The lower i place by means of lugs f', bentdown "from the body of the face-plate at both sides thereof. The springis thus placed across the faceplate andis positively supported at..bothends. and limits its downward motion. The back e ot' the. dog e isprovided with an inward curve, Fig. 5-that is to say, it extendsbackward and then forward, so as to be provided with a concave seat andwith a shoulder above such seat. l

In use a slotted end of belt A is slipped over dog e, when the latter isswung up, as in 2. Then the dog is turned down, as in Fig. 5, sothat.the edge of the slot engages the seat on the back e. At the same timethe spring f holds the main part of the dog tightly upon the belt. Thusa positive engagement between buckle and belt is effected.

1. The combination of slotted face-plate a, having lugs f', with `atransverse spring f, supported by such lugs at both ends, and with -adog e, having a concave back that projects through theslotted face-plateand bears upon the transverse spring, the lower The hook a2 projectsbelow this spring edge of the back having eyes el', and with a pivotpassing through said eyes for connecting the dog to the face-plate,substantially as specified. Y

2. The combination of a slotted face-plate u', having hook a2, with adog pivoted within the slot, and with spring f above hook a?, y

